In Song Tianming's astonished gaze, the woman took out a jade pendant from her clothes.

“…husband”

"The name of my family is Cheng Susu."

"This is the relic of my mother in my family and it should be worth some money."

"You are going to be your husband!"

"Husband is righteous, and we three sisters can save us from the sea of ​​suffering. How dare we ask for anything else?"

"It's all about survival!"

Listening to Cheng Susu's words, Song Tianming was stunned.

Then the other two women took out some copper coins from their pockets.

“…husband!”

"I'm called He Shuang, this is my dowry, ten...ten copper coins."

"...My husband, my family's name is Zhou Yi, also has a dowry of ten copper coins."

Looking at the three girls, a hint of surprise appeared in Song Tianming's eyes.

Cheng Susu, He Shuang, Zhou Yi!

A jade pendant, a dowry of twenty coins for copper coins.

Without any politeness, Song Tianming took the twenty-month copper coins directly.

Then he turned his eyes on Cheng Susu.

"This is the remains of your dead mother, I can't ask for it."

"Please take it back and put on your clothes."

"Have you read the book after listening to you?"

A blush appeared on his face, and Cheng Susu nodded gently.

"The family has fallen into the decline, and I have read books for several years."

"This jade pendant..."

"Husband, please accept it, just ask me not to drive away my family!"

Shaking his head, Song Tianming put away Cheng Susu's clothes, and then stuffed the jade pendant into Cheng Susu's clothes.

"Let you keep it, then you keep it."

"This world is difficult, and today's actions are helpless."

"In the future, let's snuggle up to each other and live in this troubled world."

"You guys go into the house to rest first. I will take the money to exchange for some food."

Song Tianming finished speaking and settled the three girls into the house, and then changed the food.

Song Tianming was worried along the way.

With three women, how can I settle down in this troubled times!

The farmland is abandoned and I have missed the planting season now, so it is too late to grow grain.

Twenty cents are enough to buy the cheapest buckwheat, which is probably not enough for four people to eat for ten days.

What about ten days later?

So what should I do?

In a state of boredom, Song Tianming walked to the riverside without realizing it.

Dongpan Township and more than a dozen nearby villages all fell against the Nujiang River.

Seeing a group of teenagers holding fishnets, Song Tianming immediately became interested.

Walking forward, a group of teenagers who were netting also discovered Song Tianming.

"Yeah, Mr. Xiao Song, I just married three wives. Are you still free to come here?"

"Yes, if I were you, I wouldn't have to fall on the bed."

“Hahahahaha…”

The sound of teasing came, and Song Tianming was not angry, and then looked at them with interest.

Several teenagers each held a net bag in their hands and then began to walk quickly to the shore.

puff!

Splashes everywhere.

The fish were frightened and jumped up. Song Tianming saw many big fish with arms length jumping out of the water.

Finally, the teenagers drove the fishing net to the shore, but only harvested some small fish, which scared the fish away.

Looking at this fishing net, Song Tianming's eyes were contemplative.

"Erniu, why don't you tie a stone under your net?"

"Only a big fish can't break the fishing net."

Song Tianming looked at the strong man and spoke slowly.

This person is called Erniu, and he is the only person in the crowd who did not make fun of Song Tianming.

Erniu was also the person who helped Song Tianming the most after Lao Song's death.

"Oh, Mr. Song can also fish in a net?"

"Hahahaha, come on, don't listen to him, what does a silly scholar know?"

"That's right, the land would rather be deserted than plant it, and deserves to be hungry."

"Okay, what are you saying? Hurry up and put fish in the net. If you can't put fish in the net, you can only eat wild vegetables tonight."

When he heard someone start to mock Song Tianming, the leading young man quickly shouted out loud.

The leading man is Cheng Hu, and he has been the king of children since he was a child.

The person Cheng Hu admires the most is Song Tianming's father. He always cats in the corner and goes to listen to Song Tianming's father reading.

Cheng Hu wanted to study, but in this world, it is difficult for ordinary people to live, so how can they have time to study?

The imperial court's household tax per person per year is five ducts of grain. Don't underestimate these five ducts of grain.

One leash is a hundred kilograms, and five leash is a five hundred kilograms of grain.

If there are no three or four people in the family, three people will have fifteen dans, one thousand five hundred kilograms of grain, four people will have twenty dans, two thousand kilograms of grain.

However, the average land of one household in Dakan is only three acres. Due to the climate, Xiahe County can only plant wheat. It is ripe for two years and the yield per mu is only about four ducts.

In other words, the total annual output of three acres of land is about 36 dan, which is 3,600 kilograms of grain.

Household tax for a family of three requires three thousand kilograms of grain in two years!

If it is a family of four, the food collected in the land is not enough to pay household tax.

Not to mention, the people usually have to have a meal.

So in this era, people dare not eat food.

After the busy farming season, I will try my best to find something to fill my stomach.

Women with their children will dig wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain, and in their prime, they will go up the mountain to hunt in groups.

The teenagers went down the river to net fish like they saw.

This way of living is everywhere in the countryside...

Such a world is also where Song Tianming sighs.

The people who work hard at the bottom are living to live and racking their brains to fill their stomachs.

Similarly, Song Tianming is now racking his brains with the three wives who have just been sent by the government to support himself.

"Come on, I'm fine. I'll help you transform your fishing net."

"I am a scholar and I won't lie to you. The fishing net is renovated, and I promise you can catch big fish."

As he said that, Song Tianming walked to the fishing net. A group of teenagers looked at Song Tianming in surprise. Cheng Hu pondered for a moment before giving the fishing net to Song Tianming.

Anyway, the fish are now scared away and the fish are gathering, and it will take a while to finish it.

Everyone began to watch Song Tianming be busy. Song Tianming asked Erniu and others to find a lot of gravel, and then began to wrap around under the fishing net.

This rush net made Song Tianming speechless. In later generations, this kind of fishing net had long been eliminated because its fishing efficiency was too low and it consumed manpower.

After a while of busy work, Song Tianming wrapped the bottom of the net with stones and then put the weight on. Song Tianming nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, you guys try again."

As the words came to the ground, Erniu's honest face was full of smiles, and then he took the fishing net and took the teenagers into the water again.
To be continued...